Thank You Letter For Job Interview

By: Jimmy Sweeney

The thank you letter for job interview is frequently
written by job seekers, but rarely is given used to
its full potential. Instead of using this letter as a
piece of strategic communication, which will make
important points about the candidate, and move the job
search process forward, these candidates merely use
the letter as a chance to be polite. Typically, these
job seekers were the sort or thank you letter that the
interviewer has seen a million times before. It starts
with thanking the interviewer, it expresses interest
in the position and invites the interviewer to contact
the job seeker again.

Written out, the thank you letter for job interview
goes something like the following: “Thank you for your
time to speak with me on Monday afternoon. I
appreciated the chance to learn more about the company
and can say that I am more interested than ever in the
opportunity. Please feel free to give me another call
and set up a second interview at your convenience.”
Though there isn’t anything specifically wrong with
that kind of letter, it has a couple of problems.
Besides the “seen a million times before” aspect, this
kind of thank you letter doesn’t give the interviewer
anything to reward him or her for paying attention to
the letter. It’s all about the applicant and what the
applicant wants.

More Thank You Letter for Job Interview Secrets

The way to turn the thank you letter for job interview
into a powerful job-getting tool is to add an element
that not only gives the interviewer something new and
interesting, but also provides a reward for his or her
time. That something is the informational gift. The
informational gift is a tidbit of information that the
interviewer would appreciate and find valuable. The
applicant pays attention to the interview, notes the
topics and subjects which seem to interest and excite
the interviewer, then finds relevant information to
send with the thank you letter for job interview. For
instance, if the interviewer appeared to be interested
in a new marketing project, or an upcoming business
trip overseas, or in the hobby written on the
applicant’s resume, then the informational gift would
be something relevant to one of those topics.

To attach the informational gift to the thank you
letter for job interview, the applicant just needs to
point out the reason he or she is attaching it and
send it along. For instance, a thank you note might
include the following sentence “During our talk, you
mentioned that you would be spending a week in Chicago
this month. I’ve included the names and addresses of
some of my favorite steak houses in the area. I hope
you get a chance to visit at least one of them while
you are there.” Alternatively, the gift could be an
article in a publication or a contact name or any
other piece of information. The important thing is
that including it shows that you paid attention during
the interview, that you think of others, and that you
execute well

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